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The Kingdom of Wind is full of deserts, and people can only make a living in a few oases and on the edge of the desert.

Such topography means that the Kingdom of Wind has no arable land at all, let alone the development of large-scale industries.

After all, large-scale industries generally require a lot of water, especially the papermaking industry, which consumes extremely terrifying amounts of water.

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But the people and officials cannot do without paper. If you don't use paper but bamboo and wooden slips, the damage to the environment will be more serious.

So the Kingdom of Wind has always been a major importer of grain and paper.

And the import targets are major grain-producing countries: the Kingdom of Fields and the Kingdom of Rivers.

But in the past two years, the daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind suddenly discovered that his trading partners had changed.

The country that exports grain and paper is no longer the Land of Fields or the Land of Rivers, but the Land of Fire.

Knocking on the table, the Land of Wind called the Minister of Commerce and pointed at the data on the paper and asked, "What's going on? Didn't the grain and paper we imported before come from the Land of Fields and the Land of Rivers? Why did it suddenly change to the Land of Fire?"

"Oh, it's because the grain and paper from the Land of Fire are cheaper!" The Minister of Commerce quickly replied, "For the same rice, the Land of Fields costs 140 taels per catty, the grain from the Land of Fire only costs 100 taels, and the paper The same is true. The paper of the River Country costs 1,500 taels per 10,000 sheets, and the paper of the Fire Country costs 1,200 taels per 10,000 sheets. Of course, we buy from whichever is cheaper! "

"How can this be?" The Daimyo was puzzled: "The Fire Country is separated from our Wind Country by the River Country, and the closest to the Wind City is the Field Country. During the transportation along the way, the consumption of people and horses should be greater in the Fire Country. How come the price is lower in the Fire Country with a longer journey and higher consumption?"

"This" The Minister of Commerce scratched his head, he didn't know.

The Daimyo touched his chin, his face full of worries.

Although he was very happy to buy cheaper food, he would not be happy if the food was supplied by his enemies.

After all, merchants have to make money.

They can make a profit by selling 60 taels per catty to the Wind Country, so the price of food they sell in the Fire Country will only be lower.

And the price of food, in the era of cold weapons, represents the potential for war.

One side eats 140 taels of grain per pound, and the other side eats 100 taels of grain per pound. Which side will collapse first? Need I say?

And the Fire Country is strong not only in grain, but also in paper.

Paper is also a war reserve material during wartime. Not to mention that various war reports, intelligence, and documents require a lot of paper to record, the ninja world's characteristic weapons, detonating tags, also require paper to make.

The low price of paper in the Fire Country proves that their detonating tags are also low.

With the same funds, the Wind Country can make 5,000 detonating tags, and the Fire Country can make 8,000.

And the daimyo saw more than just grain and paper in the documents.

Salt, sugar, oil, vinegar and other daily necessities, sand shovels, hoes, bricks and other construction supplies, and even perfume, tea, porcelain, silk and other luxury goods, are all dominated by the Fire Country.

Some industries are even only made by the Fire Country, such as perfume.

Skim the large amount of data above, and then look at the summary.

In the first half of this year, the total amount of goods exported by the Wind Country was 12.4 billion taels, while the total amount of goods imported was 77.6 billion taels!

Is it outrageous?

What's even more outrageous is that this is just the number that I can count!

The political system of the Wind Country is not much different from that of the previous Fire Country, and the control of the Wind Country Daimyo over various places is only a little stronger than that of the Fire Country Daimyo back then, but not much stronger.

So the data he can collect may be only one-tenth of the total data.

So the actual number of this trade gap will be even larger!

The Daimyo's face immediately turned dark.

This is sucking the blood of the people of the Wind Country!

We worked hard for a whole year, and all the money we earned was earned by the Fire Country people. Not to mention the money we earned last year, the year before, and even the year before last!

What is this equivalent to?

It is equivalent to the national strength of the country regressing three or four years!

Although it cannot be compared in this way in reality, it is almost the same situation, or the real situation is more serious than this.

For example, farmers in the Wind Country will find that after working hard for a year, when we finally count the accounts, we find that it is more expensive to grow crops ourselves than to buy crops from the Fire Country?

Then why grow crops?

There is also the iron smelting industry. The original iron smelting industry in the Wind Country was still developing very well. After all, the puppetry in the Sand Village requires metal parts, and the quality has improved with joint research and development.

But now, it is cheaper to buy ready-made iron ingots from the Fire Country than to make them yourself, and the quantity is large!

Then do iron smelters still have the motivation to make iron?

If iron smelters have no motivation to make iron, the steel production in the Wind Country will decrease. In peacetime, they can still rely on the steel from the Fire Country, but if a war breaks out, what should they do if the Fire Country stops supplying them?

Restore production?

It is not that easy to restore.

The iron smelters have changed their jobs long ago because they have no work to do. The iron smelting equipment has been rusted for a long time because they have not been produced or maintained for several months. In addition, the workers and residents next to the factory pick up parts and wires from time to time. When you want to start the machine, you find that it is broken and you don’t know where it is broken!

The same is true for other industries such as papermaking, tea picking, weaving, breeding, agriculture, aquatic products, etc.

When all these industries are combined, they will evolve into one situation.

That is: all merchants found that the cost of making things by themselves was extremely high, so it was better to go directly to the Fire Country to buy them and then give up their own industries.

The only industry left in the Wind Country was the mining industry.

In the face of this situation, is there any way?

Of course there is, such as imposing tariffs on foreign goods, directly increasing them to a level that is more expensive than domestic goods, so that the price of domestic goods is still the cheap one, and naturally the domestic business is protected.

But as mentioned earlier, the political system of the Wind Country is similar to that of the Fire Country.

His orders can only be passed in the Wind City, and no one in other cities in the Wind Country cares about him.

And even in the Wind City, his words are not effective.

Because in the political system of the daimyo ruling the country, those who can do cross-border trade and import and export trade are basically high-ranking officials and nobles.

Even if they are not nobles, they are relatives of nobles.

I don’t know if 60 taels of 100 taels of grain sold for a pound will fall to the merchants of the Fire Country, and the rest should all fall into the hands of the nobles.

If you want to raise tariffs, you may block the way to wealth for your brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

If you raise tariffs today, you might drown tomorrow!

The daimyo flipped through the documents and struggled for a long time, but he couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock.

It's not that he is stupid, but the opponent is using an open conspiracy, which is a crushing of national strength and system.

As for him, he wants to do something alone, but countless people are dragging his feet. It's a miracle that he can find a way!

After thinking about it, the daimyo only thought of one way.

Start a war!

Kill Konoha and conquer the Land of Fire, then all the previous problems will not be a problem.

Even if you can't conquer it and fight a draw, you can force the merchants of the Land of Fire to raise prices through negotiations.

You set the price of food so low, which is not conducive to the struggle of the people of my Land of Wind!

"Go and invite the third generation of Kazekage to the Wind City to discuss matters!" Although the daimyo has made up his mind, whether he can fight or not depends on the situation in the Sand Village.

Three days later, the third generation of Kazekage and Sand Village entered the Wind City without any trace and met the daimyo of the Wind Country in a secret room.

"Daimyo!" Hesha knelt on one knee and saluted.

He was a proud man, but no matter how proud he was, he respected the daimyo who worked hard for the country and had white hair at the age of 30.

"No need to be polite, get up!" The daimyo's tone was a little depressed.

He read more documents in the past three days, and the more he read, the more he felt that the prospects were not optimistic.

He found that it was not only the Wind Country that suffered.

The Wind Country was not a neighbor of the Fire Country, and the impact was just now, not too serious.

Moreover, the Wind Country was a big country, even if there was a problem, it could hold on for a longer time, while the two neighbors of the Fire Country, the Field Country and the River Country, could not hold on long ago.

The Fire Country did not send troops, but used commercial means.

A large amount of cheap grain from the Fire Country was dumped by merchants to the borders of the River Country and the Field Country.

The Field Country was obviously a farming country, but they did not understand the research and development of high-yield grains, and did not know the existence of fertilizers, so the price of grain was more expensive than the purchased ones. Where can you go to reason?

The result of farming being more expensive than buying food is that the landlords of the Land of Fields have gone bankrupt. Although they have mountains of food at home and will not starve to death, people cannot live only by eating food, but also by eating meat, wearing clothes, buying shoes, and seeing a doctor.

The merchants of the Land of Fire have not finished their operations yet, and they have started to recruit people in the Land of Fields again.

The landlords have gone bankrupt, so won’t the tenants and serfs under their command have no jobs?

Before, their lives were very ordinary. They worked hard to cultivate a piece of land for a year, and 90% had to be handed over to the landlord, and they could only keep 10%, which was not enough to support their families.

It is obviously a well-known grain producing area in the ninja world, but people still starve to death every year.

But now, the merchants of the Land of Fire have come, and hope has come! !

No land to farm? Come and work in our factory!

Ten thousand taels a month, isn’t this much more than what you earn from farming?

The farmers of the Land of Fields don’t have any sense of patriotism. Who would be willing to be a farmer if they can make money and not starve to death?

No, they are not farmers, they are serfs!

Moreover, the merchants of the Fire Country do not care about the agreement signed by the serfs and the landlords. Your whole family will just follow me and go abroad. Where can he find you!

The Daimyo and landlords of the Land Country will definitely not be happy to see this situation. Our people have all gone to the Fire Country to work. Who are we going to exploit?

Although farming is not profitable, it can still produce a little.

Now that people have run away, no one is farming the land, and there is no output at all!

However, no matter how unwilling they are, there is nothing they can do.

Because there is no ninja village in the Land Country!

Every time the merchants of the Fire Country come to recruit people, there are Konoha ninjas standing beside them. No matter how unwilling you are, you have to hold it in!

Even if there is a ninja village, there is nothing they can do. Do small countries still want to confront Konoha?

In just one year, the River Country and the Land Country have fallen by half, and 30% of the land has been purchased by merchants of the Fire Country.

These are all small problems. The big problem is that millions of people have left the River Country and the Land Country and entered the Fire Country.

The large number of people leaving has resulted in large areas of uninhabited areas in the River Country and the Field Country.

The villages that were once bustling have now become ghost villages, occupied by various animals.

And this trend has not slowed down at all, but is still growing.

At first, it was the merchants who took the initiative to recruit people, but now it is the slave farmers and tenant farmers in the River Country and the Field Country who have taken the initiative to pack up their belongings and leave.

But the daimyo of the two small countries of the Field Country and the River Country did not dare to stop it.

Thinking of the improvement in national strength that millions of people could bring, the daimyo's teeth were gritted with jealousy.

However, he could only stare blankly, unable to do anything he wanted to do.

The Kingdom of Wind simply cannot afford to support so many people!

"Daimyo, why did you call me here this time?" Seeing the daimyo's angry and depressed expression, Hesha recalled that I probably haven't offended this daimyo recently.

The daimyo suddenly spoke: "How has Sunagakure Village developed over the years? How many ninjas are there?"

"Back to the Daimyo, we, the Country of Wind, did not participate in the First Ninja War. Although we suffered heavy losses in the Second Ninja War, we were lucky enough to withdraw without any damage to our bones. After these years of recuperation, we have some A large number of new ninjas have been trained, some genin have been promoted to chunin, chunin have been promoted to jounin, and two newcomers have emerged, and they already have elite jounin strength!"

"Currently, Sunagakure Village has six elite jounin, eighty jounin, 1,500 chunin, and nearly 6,000 genin!\

,"The daimyo nodded with satisfaction, this amount was already pretty good.

During World War II, there were less than three thousand ninjas in the Kingdom of Wind, but they were dismissed by Hatake Sakumo with 1,500 people.

The number now is three times that of World War II. I believe it will not be as frustrating as it was during World War II.

"If I ask you to launch an attack on Konoha, what results can you achieve?" the daimyo asked sharply.

"Initiate an attack on Konoha?" Kaisa's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "After World War II, Konoha did not cultivate a large number of ninjas, and the system remained unchanged. Therefore, the strength of the teachings should not have changed much during World War II, and according to the reports, Konoha Village Something happened, and the former Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo committed suicide!"

"Hatake Sakumo committed suicide?" The daimyo's eyes lit up: "Is it the Hatake Sakumo who killed our general last time?"

"That's him!" Hesha nodded: "In addition, the report also said that Tsunade has not appeared in Konoha Hospital for a long time. She is suspected of being at odds with Konoha's senior officials and has left Konoha. So if a war breaks out, we will have to deal with Tsunade. The only remaining strong men are Orochimaru and Jiraiya!"

"In terms of top-level combat power, we have the upper hand!"

"In terms of high-level combat power, the number of jounin in Konoha is about 150. Although there are more than us, we have a geographical advantage, coupled with the puppetry and poison techniques, and Konoha's nine-tailed jinchūriki has lost a new jinchūriki. Our jinchūriki have not yet grown up, but they can go directly to the battlefield. Taken together, our high-level combat power is also balanced!"

"In terms of low-level combat strength, the number of standing ninjas in Konoha is around 4,000, but we have 7,500!!"

"I am superior at the top, equal at the top, and superior at the bottom. Even if Konoha forces the family ninjas to recruit, there will only be a thousand people at most. Once a fight begins, the strength comparison will be eight thousand versus five thousand. The advantage is mine!"

"This battle must be won!"

"Yes!" The daimyo nodded: "Then I order you to go back quickly to prepare for war. How long will it take for you to send troops?"

War cannot be initiated as soon as one side opens the door and the other side takes action. The deployment of materials and the recall of personnel all take time.

It’s not uncommon for someone to start a war without any preparation, and then Yixing was arrested and went to study abroad in Wala.

Hesha calculated in his mind, then raised his head: "Two months!"

"Two months, it happens to be August!" The daimyo nodded: "In August, the desert is unbearably hot. Konoha ninjas are pampered and cannot adapt to such an environment. The advantage is indeed mine, so we will send troops on August 11th. I will issue an edict on August 10th, declaring the world to declare war on Konoha!"

"Yes!" Hesha clenched his fists excitedly.

Except for Hiruzen Sarutobi who doesn't like fighting, no ninja will resist war.

Because of the special professional attributes of ninjas, it is difficult for them to receive high-level mission orders during peacetime.

For example, the evaluation criterion for A-level missions is the possibility of encountering ninjas.

But they were performing tasks in the country during peacetime, so where did the ninjas come from?

During the war, the missions where you can encounter genin and chuunin are A-level, and the missions where you can meet jounin are S-level!

Advanced tasks are really just a matter of catching a lot of them!

If you are lucky and strong, it is not a dream to get rich directly from a war.

Moreover, it is extremely difficult for ninjas to be promoted in peacetime. One or two people may be promoted in one Chunin exam, and three or four people may be promoted in the Chunin exam twice a year.

For the huge genin group, this is even more difficult than the exam, and there are simply not enough places!

It's even harder to be promoted to jounin. There are no high-level tasks for you to do. How can you be promoted without merit?

But in war, upgrading is very simple. If you kill a chuunin, you become a chuunin. If you kill a jounin, you become a jounin.

It’s not fancy at all, it’s all about strength!

Ordinary ninjas like war, but Aisa, the Third Kazekage, likes it even more.

Because the five Kazekages of the Five Great Ninja Villages are very famous among others, such as Doctor of Ninjutsu, Strongest Spear, Eliminated Blood Successor, Strongest Water Release and so on.

As for him, he has no reputation at all. Even outside, if you ask the Third Kazekage his name, no one else will know!

And this war is a good time to make a name for yourself!